2025 Winter Institute:
Hope Amidst the Odyssey of These Days

Gutenberg College 1883 University Street, Eugene, OR, United States

At various times throughout the Old Testament, God abandoned the Israelites as a result of their sinfulness and idolatry. In their suffering and despair, their only hope was to cry out to God for salvation, and He, in His mercy, would rescue them. In a penetrating analysis of these days, Jacques Ellul concludes that [...]

February 3:
Shakespeare’s Henry V

Online Zoom OR

King Henry V of England has a sketchy past but is preparing to take on the mantle of kingship to rule over all of England and has his eye on France. Does he become a model leader or does he, like so many figures, succumb to the temptations of power and prestige? In this [...]

$10.00

March 3: Screwtape Letters

Online Zoom OR

“My thoughts are not your thoughts,” saith the Lord. So, if man’s thoughts are not God’s thoughts, then what are our thoughts and where do they come from? In one of C.S. Lewis’s most innovative and penetrating literary works, Screwtape Letters tracks a fictional dialogue between a mentor demon, Screwtape, and his protégé. In this [...]

$10.00

April 14: Starship Troopers

Online Zoom OR

Starship Troopers is a futuristic young adult novel by Robert Heinlein that raises this question: What does it mean to be a citizen? In this seminar, we will explore this question and others relating to Heinlein’s mid-twentieth-century work. A webinar for K-12 teachers in the private school, the public school, and the homeschool. [...]

$10.00

May 5
Young Philosophers:
What Is a Worldview?

Online Zoom OR

As we look over our cultural landscape, we encounter many different perspectives, some of which differ from our own. We all have a worldview. The question is this: Do we understand it? What exactly is a worldview, and why are there so many? How do we respond to and care for others whose worldviews might [...]

$15.00

2025 Education Conference:
Teacher as Mentor

Modern education often presents teachers as specialists tasked with imparting expert knowledge to students. Yet the focus of a specialist in pursuit of imparting facts and information too often becomes overly narrow and overlooks the development of the whole student. This kind of oversight can leave a graduate with major blind spots in his [...]

September 1
Young Philosophers:
What is Freedom?

Online Zoom OR

The term “freedom” is bandied about in all sectors of culture—from politics to religion to ethics. But what exactly is freedom? Is it an asset or a liability? How can we even tell if we are free? In this session of Young Philosophers, we will explore key questions and issues of freedom. Young Philosophers is an online [...]

$15.00

October 13
Young Philosophers:
What is Propoganda?

Online Zoom OR

As members of a mass society, we are daily inundated with information. This data overload can create a thick and complex soup of ideas and questions in our minds. Before we fully understand what we think about something, we may find ourselves (or others) reacting strongly to particular claims without fully understanding why. What is [...]

$15.00

January 12, 2026
Young Philosophers
What is Love?

Online Zoom OR

The broader culture says that “love is love.” So, what does this tautology mean? If love is love, then what is love? Is it an emotion or a choice or a commitment? Is it temporary or lasting? Is it temporal or transcendent? When Jesus talks about love, is he saying, “love is love,” or [...]

$15.00